Murray's effective leadership warrants reelection
By The Herald Editorial Board
Voters when considering the record of a long-serving incumbent can and do rightfully ask: “Fine, but what have you done for us lately?”
For U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. — who with the completion of her fifth term this year will join Everett’s Sen. Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson with 30 years of service and, should she win a sixth term, will challenge Sen. Warren G. Magnuson’s state record 36-year title — the answer serves as her endorsement for that sixth term as senator.
Murray, 71, has shown herself as a productive and pragmatic legislator and a trusted leader in the chamber who diligently maintains connections with constituents and the state as a whole to guide her work and deliver on the needs of the state and its residents.
Her challenger is Republican Tiffany Smiley, a 41-year-old Pasco resident, who has worked as a triage nurse and has advocated for veterans’ health care and related issues. An interview with The Herald Editorial Board was scheduled with Smiley, at which she read a statement but then left without taking questions.
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Afraid of questions Smiley?